Sehaj
#5,684 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Sehaj has been given to 504 babies in the U.S. since 2004. In 2025 it ranked #5,684 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 33 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 60% girls, 40% boys all-time.
Babies named Sehaj, 2025
1 in 151,000
Sehaj over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Sehaj over time
In 2025, Sehaj went to 81% girls and 19% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Sehaj?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 151,000
- 22 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 73,100
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #5,684
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 104,451 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Sehaj sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 104,451 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sehaj. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Sehajs were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Sehaj was born before 2018 — so the typical Sehaj is around 7 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 55.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 304
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 55.6% of all recorded uses (169).
Is Sehaj rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +244
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −397
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +738
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.10×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 66.7%
- Peak was 2017 (33)
- Years since peak
- 8
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 23.1% average annual change
Spellings of Sehaj
Sehaj is not the most common spelling — Selah is, with 26.7% against Sehaj's 0.53%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Sehaj is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Sehaj was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 149,308 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 100,000
- 2Washington1 in 100,000
- 3New Jersey1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sehaj has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Sehaj is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Sehaj was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 715,268 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2New York1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Sehaj has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Sehaj around the world
Where Sehaj ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2011–2025#1,229in 2025
- Canada2007–2024#823in 2024
- South Australia2010–2012#871in 2012
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Sehaj by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Sehaj
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Sehaj
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.